By injecting numbers and special characters instead of letters, this password will take exponentially longer for a dictionary program to guess.

Strong passwords can be difficult to remember, which is why we're often tempted to use the same one over and over again. This is a serious security risk - if one site that uses that password is hacked, an attacker could potentially use it to login to your SAM site.

For this reason, we recommend using a password manager to generate a randomized and secure password (such as 82uhssk792JHcc&). Some free password managers include: